Comparison of measured and parents' reported height and weight in children and adolescents

Obesity

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1040-1046

  O'Connor, Daniel P ^a   Gugenheim, Joseph J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b TEXAS ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NEGRO; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT; PARENTHOOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXAS;

EID: 79955473051     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2010.278     Document Type: Article

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